The housing market is not really what drives the economy. It is where a massive amount of credit has been funnelled in the last few decades, though. We do need

The housing market is not really what drives the economy. It is where a massive amount of credit has been funnelled in the last few decades, though. We do need to change how our macro-economy functions, but unfortunately politicians and most of the economists advising them are oblivious to the critical role that credit plays.